PS - now that the new surprise goodies are announced and not top secret anymore, someone buy me that comiccon-exclusive plush zergling. I need it.

What do I get in return?

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It's always pretty funny that anyone would expect an expansion announcement at a convention besides Blizzards own hype convention.

A lot of people use two main logic points to claim "next convention will be the expansion reveal."

1. Blizzard also will likely announce the Diablo 3 expansion this year. Perhaps even announce the final SC2 expansion.

1 Rebuttal. There is a flaw with this logic point, though. Diablo 3 is a mixed bag of emotions, and WoW is Blizz's biggest game no matter if it's losing subs or not. They'd want to save their biggest announcement for Blizzcon, and with Titan shelved, that would be Expansion V.

2. Blizz wants the expansion out sooner, and in order to do all the needed testing they would have to announce it months before Blizzcon. They'll just announce the start of Beta at Blizzcon.

2 Rebuttal. This one also falls into the above rebuttal, but also represents a flaw in their logic. They assume EV will have a full F&F Alpha. MoP had an Alpha, but not with Friends and Family. An internal Alpha has less chance of leaking, and can be done BEFORE the reveal at Blizzcon.

Originally Posted by Lumineus

World of Wisconsin. We travel to the real world to fight the minions of the latest Old god, Kurdwheychez the unudderable. Introducing the long-awaited cow level.

Also I think it's reversible and turns into something else that is probably less cute. If you're the kind of person who doesn't like adorable things.

Probably a baneling?

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Originally Posted by dokhidamo

2. Blizz wants the expansion out sooner, and in order to do all the needed testing they would have to announce it months before Blizzcon. They'll just announce the start of Beta at Blizzcon.

Or...

The pull an Apple & announce the product & ship it at the same time.

The blizzard equivalent would be announcing the expansion & beginning of the beta at the same time at Blizzcon. That or they announce beta starting soon & having the actual beta starting <~2 weeks after blizzcon announcement.

The blizzard equivalent would be announcing the expansion & beginning of the beta at the same time at Blizzcon. That or they announce beta starting soom & having the actual beta starting <~2 weeks after blizzcon announcement.

Yeah, that could be done. I'm taking the safer option and assuming there'll be another required Annual Pass to get in. So they'll wait a month to let people sign up.

Originally Posted by Lumineus

World of Wisconsin. We travel to the real world to fight the minions of the latest Old god, Kurdwheychez the unudderable. Introducing the long-awaited cow level.